crossroad covers
 

THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM THE STAFF:
Important new information regarding singles, albums, or lives should be put in a NEW THREAD separate from the official threads. This includes but is not limited to: covers, lyrics, photobooks, ect. Several people do not watch the official threads religiously to find this new information and find out about it much later in undesirable ways. Anyone can make these threads. The person who first shares the information with the forum has the right to "first dibs" of creating a new thread; however, if he/she does not create a new thread within a reasonable amount of time, ANYONE is allowed to create a thread for it and is in fact strongly encouraged to do so.

As posted first by truehappiness in the official crossroad/L thread, here are the official covers for crossroad:

CD+DVD version A
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...crossroad2.jpg

CD version B (w/ MOON orchestra)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...crossroad3.jpg


CD version C (w/ blossom orchestra)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...crossroad1.jpg



If anyone gets any HQ or bigger covers please post here and it will be added to the first post.

The order is :

CD+DVD version A
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...crossroad2.jpg

CD version B (w/ MOON orchestra)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...crossroad3.jpg

CD version C (w/ blossom orchestra)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...crossroad1.jpg

:)

^^You're awesome. :) Thanks!

this is what I was looking for

a new thread for a new cover and not having to look through 20 pages
thank you

I really like the Cover Version B sthe most... and A less.

I can remember members getting angry over new threads being created for everything, because they wanted all info in 1 thread.

But I think new threads for everything are better, because you can already see the thread title and then you're like "OMG the covers are out!!" :laugh

i actually thought this thread contained other artists on youtube already covering this song... or stuff. xD

YES! finally! thankyou =D I hate the old way, I don't have the time to read through all the pages in a thread lol

Thanks for the new thread rule. I really like it. It was getting a little old having to comb through a giant thread just to see if there was one small update.

@Sugarbasil

Thank you so much for making the point about starting new threads for new info. This forum has been a nightmare!

Thanks so much! :D

Both ways have their pros and cons. Ultimately, it would just come down to preference.

I personally like all the information in one thread, in the first post of each thread. But that puts a lot of responsibility on the person making it...in any case, it's fine having all of these, AND the official threads, because you can still find all the information at one place if you want it.

This way is easier to see if there's anything new though, since the official threads always have the same title...and you have to go to them periodically.

Actually, that rule has been there for a while, haha. It's just that I don't think many people saw it?

OMG, THANK YOU!!! for reminding the rule, hopefully the forum will get back to this way of posting new stuff.

I'm quite a busy person, and used to love how I was able to simply open the main site and see the topics named eg "New Covers" without having to search through 50 pages of the "(super stuffed) official thread" (esp when I check the forum from my PSP, it takes ages to load a whole page in a cafe (try to do that in two minutes, while waiting for your 'take away' Starbucks Coffee :D))

Thank you!! Big covers *__*

This is good. But it'll be more fun to read all 20 pages in a thread dont you :P
(or I'm just stupid?:headache)

Amazing, sometimes we need the info, and we have to search

the more i look at it, i like it even more...

especially version B...i like it a lot...

I don't usually post the latest information into these threads, and I was not involved in posting such content here (the covers), but I did not even really know that there was kind of a rule to put important release information in a separate thread...

But now, where's the "L" cover and tracklist?

Thank you so much for this~~!! I didn't even know the covers were out at first, until I clicked on the crossroad and L thread, and saw people commenting on the covers, so I was like, "Huh?" and I looked for a new thread, and then I looked through 5 pages until I saw someone had quoted the covers from a few pages back XD Well, long story short, it's much much easier to have separate threads XD

Yeah, it's been a rule ofr months now, but nobody was following it...

So now we're definitely enforcing it in light of the recent release clusteryouknowwhats

I'm aware that looking through threads is annoying, but that's kind of why everything's stuck on the first page of those threads, so that people are able to find information without having to do that.

i wish this announcement came years earlier. i still remember i made an information thread a year or two ago, then everyone was dissatisfied that i made the thread instead of a certain AHS member. people said my thread is not as good because that certain member could not update the first post with even newer information. it was as if i have infringed the RIGHT of that certain member to make a thread. then that certain member made the exact same thread later and mine got into the trash bin.

after this i refuse to make any new information threads because i dont wanna get bullied.

I like this much better. Just went through some grief with that several days ago. :P

I agree! I love the excitement as you anxiously click and watch the new covers pop up!!

I thought I'll like the CD+DVD cover with bigger HQ pic but.. I still don't like it :shrug
I love other ones though :heart

Anyway I don't get this thread. Will this gonna be a news thread?

Thanks for bigger covers. :)

Yeah, as Calico said, the rule's been around for a while. As for the L covers, I don't know. I haven't been following the official thread (shocker!!), but maybe someone else can shed some light on this...


Yeah, at least half the mods found out about the covers through a reported post. Can't say any of us we very happy. :no I understand that it's in the first page of the official thread, but unless we check it everyday we don't know if there's new info.


No no. It's just a thread for the crossroad covers. You can discuss the covers if you want, or if you want to talk about the new thread rule I guess that'd be fine too. The point is that we want people to know about it.


I personally like the first cover the best, the full-body shot one. I'm not a big fan of the head-shot one... :no

the one where she has the sunglasses in her mouth if offensive (lol kidding), but it's my least fav, her face looks artificially elongated

omg I know right! :laugh It used to be like my favorite moment of any single / album announcement! So I'm glad the new-thread rule is going to be enforced now. Can't wait to find the L covers in a new thread!

I don't know, I always enjoyed opening a spoiler to dramatically first lay my eyes on new covers. In any case, bring on the thread stampede!

covers aren't what I expected, but they're still very nice :)

My only issue with the covers is the font - it's just so dull. :)

I find official threads are useful when I haven't had time to follow every bit of news and want to see the current state of things, but like some others in the thread, I also loved the excitement of seeing a thread for new covers/the first preview clip and clicking on it. So I too think it would be great if from now on we could have both the informative official threads and the exciting news threads that mean you can see right away that something important has been released.

I don't know were to post this but i tried to make one of the crossroad covers textless, here it is

^
wow thanks so much :)
that's my fave cover of all:)

Thanks ayufan- :)

And didn't we have a seperate cover thread, etc for M/b. So I guess just no one made it here for crossroad. At least this one won't be so disastrous as he last
I still think the second cover is my favorite. Its perfect to me

still hate all of the covers. lol

Awesome...now it'll be easier to keep up. I hope when news of L comes out, new threads will be put out as well

Yea I'm the same way, in defense of the big official threads it's nice to have everything in the first post so you don't have to look through a bunch of different news threads for updates like bigger covers, better quality of song previews, etc, etc.

It's also good for future references if you look back at a single release, without the big threads the news threads get scattered all over the forum because of people commenting at different times.

But, I don't check the big threads every day for news, it's not that much fun looking at the first post through a bunch of stuff only to realize there's nothing new yet again. I was one of the mods who found out through a reported post, someone was commenting on the cover and I was like "what?? what covers??" It was only about 6 hours after they came out I think, but still, it's more the principle of it.

But no one likes to wait for you to update it. You're not 24/7 on AHS and it's impossible to post some stuff in the same time it came out. It'd be impossible to anyone who makes those threads.

Great idea, I hope another threads for leaks or L info will be done too?

exactly! but when you find out in an "official" thread usually i see people mentioning their thoughts on the new cover and then i have to keep clicking back thru 3, 4, 5 or even more pages to actually see the cover! i realize that the information is collected on the first page too, but many times it isn't there yet when i come along. i love seeing the a new thread saying "new covers" or "new single announced" or whatever...its so exciting!


i know what you mean. i really think these could be ayumi's worst covers ever. i think the one that ayufan- made textless is the best of the three...but its still not a good cover.

of course, i'm one of the few who don't mind the sunrise/sunset covers. :shrug

hated them too, but they are miles better than the crossroad ones. I'd even take s/s in poster form to have on my wall over crossroad covers.

haha!

well, i still want to know about the dress she is wearing. is it for real? or is it "created?"

Seeing these bigger covers make me think different from when I first saw them.
Like now I really dislike the CD+DVD cover. It's just something about her face that I don't like but idk what. >_<
On the other hand, I love the other covers. Specially version C.

Yeah I don't like thw first version as much now. And I used to not like verison C is as much but I love it now
But my fav still remails B. Its really really lovely to me. Her look and the pose. Its the happy medium for me.

And to those comparing it to sunrise. Ill always find that amusing. Even I who usually don't find even the worst covers horrific will never deem that as a decent cover. Usually when I saw ayu covers back then I would then I would fawn over them. But I always thought S/S looked a little off...when I really looked at it closely it was just worse
I will always think this is better. I love these covers. I'd never put them anywhere near sunrise. Like I'm just not seeing where its anywhere close to being worse XD

Now I just get more and more curious for the L covers. I'm not really sure what to expect. Hopefully nothing too gaudy to the point where it looks tacky. That's my main worry. But if its simple it will be fine too if its nice. Crossroad is nice. Yw.../B is simple and nice. So I'm sure she can do that for L
Either way I just hope for good covers. And hopefully some that will make some fans stop complaining and be happy about ayu (although I think some just can't XD)
Ugh I'm so excited with such a grand time. Covers. And hopefully pv previews soon.

I see :yes thanks to make it clear.

btw S/S better than crossroad? WAT.
I know, you might don't like them but they're well made imo o_o'.
S/S are fugly because they look cheap and made by a guy with poor photography and photoshop skills.
In crossroad she looks pretty, with a nice 80s dress (that fits with the single more or less) and without dead-doll facial expression luckily. I mean, they're not the best or the more creative covers but they're far to be soo fugly as S/S.

And lol I know, I could make other fugly covers examples but S/S are recent so.. :laugh it can't help.

lovin' them

Thank you for making separate thread!
Need bigger version to copy Ayu's nails, so eager.

Lol, I don't think the S/S covers are hurting my eyes (maybe I'm just insane). More the (m)u CD cover and - argh - 'poker face.'

But okay. I dislike these covers. Course, her dress is nice, and Ayu is pretty, but these pictures are more for a -worse- magazineshoot, then for a cover. And btw, I don't like her expressions here.

I dunno... I think the whole set up is just a flashback to the 80's/90's... Music, covers and all.

The outfit she's wearing is so Lady Dyanamite...

I agree.

Now I've looked at them more, I actually don't mind the covers that much. Infact, cover B is quite cute!

think the same way about her outfot on the covers..
the upper part is so Lady Dynamite..
just that it's a skirt version on the covers~

omg thanks!

Hehe I still like only the CD version C :)

I like cover B also! I made it a desktop last night and am using it currently. If you're interested (I even used Lady Dynamite lyrics, hehe) here's what it looks like:
http://pics.livejournal.com/yunaleska/pic/00052gqf

hey, i found a really big cd+dvd cover of crossroad! ^^ i uploaded it unto my photobucket account, so here you are! and of course also textless version! ^^

^thanks

HQ covers
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/1676/67367381.th.jpghttp://img832.imageshack.us/img832/513/67367382.th.jpghttp://img29.imageshack.us/img29/4961/67367383.th.jpg
Credits: news2u + ~RicH~ @ JPM

^ yes! finally! thanks!!

Thanks for bigger covers

Oh thanks.. really nice.
I like it.

These are a bit "80's Glam"ish aren't they?